Palladium-catalyzed enantioselective oxidations of alcohols using molecular oxygen
Palladium-catalyzed enantioselective oxidations of alcohols using molecular oxygen
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DOI:
10.1021/ja015827n
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发表时间:
2001-08-01
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15
通讯作者:
Sigman, MS
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作者:
Jensen, DR;Pugsley, JS;Sigman, MS
The use of molecular oxygen as a stoichiometric reoxidant in combination with a catalytic metal has exceptional practical advantages for applications in organic synthesis. 1 This is in part due to the favorable economics associated with molecular oxygen and the formation of environmentally benign byproducts in the oxidation manifold (water and hydrogen peroxide). An excellent example of the use of molecular oxygen in organic synthesis is the metal-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and ketones. 2, 3 We became interested in extending the scope of these oxidations to asymmetric catalysis. 4 To this end, we envisioned two potentially useful reactions:(1) the oxidative kinetic resolution of racemic secondary alcohols, 5 kinetic resolutions that have previously been accomplished using acylation6 and oxidation, 7, 8 and (2) the oxidative desymmetrization of meso-diols. 9 Herein we report a convenient, enantioselective aerobic oxidation of alcohols mediated by Pd (II) and a chiral diamine. Aerobic oxidations of alcohols using catalytic Pd (II) salts have been reported. 3a-d Of particular interest is the observation that amine additives3a-c both effect ligand-accelerated catalysis10 and extend the substrate scope. Therefore, we initiated our investigation for an oxidative kinetic resolution catalyst by screening various chiral amine ligands in addition to common ligands for Pd-mediated asymmetric reactions (Table 1, eq 1). Bi-and tridentate ligands were generally poor templates for oxidation giving low conversions (entries b, f, g, and h). In contrast, Pd (II) complexes derived from pyridine ligands with 3-substitution gave high conversions, albeit with low krel values11 (entries c and e). The most promising result from this initial screen was that (-)-sparteine, a chiral tertiary diamine, gave the best krel (2.6). To improve both the reaction rate and krel, the reaction parameters of the (-)-sparteine/Pd (II) catalyst system were optimized. Ten reaction parameters in a single apparatus were simultaneously examined under identical temperature and oxygen pressure (balloon pressure). 12, 13 During each screen, aliquots were periodically analyzed using an autosampling GC equipped with a chiral column. The optimization procedure allowed us to efficiently examine the effect of solvent, component concentration, Pd (II) source, and molecular sieves14 on krel and reaction rate. After screening these parameters, two sets of conditions were identified. Conditions A: 0.5 M 1a in 1, 2-dichloroethane, 15 20 mol%(-)-sparteine, and 5 mol% of Pd (OAc) 2 and conditions B: 0.25 M 1a in 1, 2-dichloroethane, 20 mol%(-)-sparteine, and 5 mol% of a soluble PdCl2 source (Pd (MeCN) 2Cl2 and Pd-(COD) Cl2 gave similar results). Using both conditions the effect of temperature was evaluated. For Pd (OAc) 2, the temperature was found to have a significant influence on enantioselectivity wherein a temperature of 60 C gave the highest krel value, while no significant temperature effect was observed for PdCl2 sources. Overall for 1a, the initial conditions were optimized from a krel of 2.6 to 17.5 using conditions B. Next, the substrate scope of the oxidative kinetic resolution was evaluated (Table 2). Using both conditions, benzylic secondary alcohols are generally good substrates for oxidative kinetic resolution with krel values ranging from 8.7 to 23.6. Using Pd-